Fix The Lag

Kouji · 01-25-2015

Before you all assume this is some thread complaining about how bad the server is lately, it's not (maybe a little). But I want people to contribute to this thread as much as possible.

Flashback to 2011-2012... If you played during that time, you could remember the player count was normally below 2000, which was great for competitive players, because the occasional lag spike was rare in that time. I remember "showlag", the number of latency shown was pretty much the same every time you typed it if you had good internet.

Back to reality. Graal has gotten really popular in these last 2 years, what's the average player count, around 3200? Idk. The lag has increased significantly, and it's just taking the competitive part of the game away. I don't even know if the sparring community is still alive, because I stopped sparring. Guilds just disappeared, everything went away.

What's my idea?

Walk by Graal City and see a large amount of players just standing there, doing absolutely nothing, or just horny dudes trying to dirty role play. To me, that just takes up player count, and it just makes the game have too much lag.

Why not make a separate server? Which would have only sparring and towering in, maybe more stuff if you guys decide to add it. The main server would only have house fashion contests and people pretending they're selling burgers in a pixel restaurant, and the other server would have tower guilds, guild sparrers, sparrers, and would just give a boost to the competitive aspect of the game. You guys have done this before already (Facebook Server), and removed it because you found no actual use for it I assume, but I think we need something like it again. Because that was about 3 years ago maybe, and the player count has increased drastically.

#fixthelag

super kurosaki · 01-25-2015

yeah i like this idea. Implementing this would end all the crying us players do about the server lag and the admins will have less stress. So if you noobs (admins) dont want to implement this for us, think about how it will benefit you.

Ash Ketchum · 01-25-2015

#fixthelag

Xenthic · 01-25-2015

Too bad, Toon**** uhh toonslab doesn't care.

Brick · 01-25-2015

Posted by super kurosaki

So if you noobs (admins) dont want to implement this for us, think about how it will benefit you.

Normal staff have no control over the server and how much it lags. I think the person you mean to address is Unixmad, the owner.

Livid · 01-25-2015

I support this except its never gonna happen, they just need to use all the money (which i believe they have alot of) and make the game be able to hold the players.

Ryan · 01-25-2015

#fixthelag

Admiral · 01-25-2015

Not even the higher ups have power over this, pretty sure theyve been nagging Unix over th last couple of years for a server upgrade (like everyone else) but he won't because thats money right there

Droid · 01-25-2015

They need to upgrade to a more powerful server, soon this game will get to 5000+ people online at once, but I don't see how at its current state because for some it will no longer be bearable but rather unplayable...

It is a part of the game, and you will always get AFKers, but what I don't understand is, a companies biggest ambition is to grow and they would want as many people to play as possible, yet they don't seem to want it to have the best playing experience for its existing players! Thus would encourage more people to stick with it, rather than get fed up in the first week.

Señor Albonio · 01-25-2015

#AzraelCanFixTheLag

Kouji · 01-25-2015

Posted by Livid

I support this except its never gonna happen, they just need to use all the money (which i believe they have alot of) and make the game be able to hold the players.

Yeah I don't see why they wouldn't do it if they've already done it before, even without all these new things that have came out that people spend money on like 2p mounts, cause if I'm not wrong the first 2p mount that came out was 50k and that's like $20, and half of the server owned one lol

Posted by Brick

Normal staff have no control over the server and how much it lags. I think the person you mean to address is Unixmad, the owner.

Well they really need to start doing something about it soon because like Droid said we're only a few years away of reaching 5000+players (when GST is hosted it reaches 4500) and it will be so ridiculous that they will have to do something about it

Livid · 01-25-2015

Sooner or later unixmad is gonna need to upgrade the servers, in order to gain more money he needs to lose some in return. He's always on Unholy Nations helping out with scripts etc so maybe someone could catch him there because this is getting ridiculous.

MBK · 01-25-2015

Very nice idea.But i dn't see it happening until the server crashes and they REALLY need to upgrade it to make it playable again.

Kouji · 01-25-2015

Posted by MBK

Very nice idea.But i dn't see it happening until the server crashes and they REALLY need to upgrade it to make it playable again.

Yeah, maybe my whole thread was completely useless. And maybe they don't care about making the game more competitive, and maybe they just care about having playercount and selling gralat packs.

Colin · 01-25-2015

Posted by Kouji

Yeah, maybe my whole thread was completely useless. And maybe they don't care about making the game more competitive, and maybe they just care about having playercount and selling gralat packs.

Why do you keep using the word they when it's only one persons decisions?

Staff have always agreed with the players that the servers need to be better.

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Kouji Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 108	Fix The Lag Before you all assume this is some thread complaining about how bad the server is lately, it's not (maybe a little). But I want people to contribute to this thread as much as possible. Flashback to 2011-2012... If you played during that time, you could remember the player count was normally below 2000, which was great for competitive players, because the occasional lag spike was rare in that time. I remember "showlag", the number of latency shown was pretty much the same every time you typed it if you had good internet. Back to reality. Graal has gotten really popular in these last 2 years, what's the average player count, around 3200? Idk. The lag has increased significantly, and it's just taking the competitive part of the game away. I don't even know if the sparring community is still alive, because I stopped sparring. Guilds just disappeared, everything went away. What's my idea? Walk by Graal City and see a large amount of players just standing there, doing absolutely nothing, or just horny dudes trying to dirty role play. To me, that just takes up player count, and it just makes the game have too much lag. Why not make a separate server? Which would have only sparring and towering in, maybe more stuff if you guys decide to add it. The main server would only have house fashion contests and people pretending they're selling burgers in a pixel restaurant, and the other server would have tower guilds, guild sparrers, sparrers, and would just give a boost to the competitive aspect of the game. You guys have done this before already (Facebook Server), and removed it because you found no actual use for it I assume, but I think we need something like it again. Because that was about 3 years ago maybe, and the player count has increased drastically. #fixthelag

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super kurosaki Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 574	yeah i like this idea. Implementing this would end all the crying us players do about the server lag and the admins will have less stress. So if you noobs (admins) dont want to implement this for us, think about how it will benefit you.

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Ash Ketchum Veritired ✔️ Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 4,441	#fixthelag

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Xenthic . Join Date: May 2012 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,071	Too bad, Toon**** uhh toonslab doesn't care.

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Livid all for victory Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Townsville Posts: 4,222	I support this except its never gonna happen, they just need to use all the money (which i believe they have alot of) and make the game be able to hold the players.

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Ryan Verified ✔️ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 6,041	#fixthelag

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Admiral Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,912	Not even the higher ups have power over this, pretty sure theyve been nagging Unix over th last couple of years for a server upgrade (like everyone else) but he won't because thats money right there

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Droid Graal Classic Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Battle Arena Posts: 855	They need to upgrade to a more powerful server, soon this game will get to 5000+ people online at once, but I don't see how at its current state because for some it will no longer be bearable but rather unplayable... It is a part of the game, and you will always get AFKers, but what I don't understand is, a companies biggest ambition is to grow and they would want as many people to play as possible, yet they don't seem to want it to have the best playing experience for its existing players! Thus would encourage more people to stick with it, rather than get fed up in the first week.

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Señor Albonio Amdin Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,290	#AzraelCanFixTheLag

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MBK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1,379	Very nice idea.But i dn't see it happening until the server crashes and they REALLY need to upgrade it to make it playable again.